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Replication Data for: Different Goods, Different Effects: Exploring the Effects of Generalized Social Trust in Large-N Collective Action

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Title Replication Data for: Different Goods, Different Effects: Exploring the Effects of Generalized Social Trust in Large-N Collective Action
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7PFSWX
 
Creator Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description [abstract] Does generalized social trust help solve large-N collective action problems? This paper argues so, offering a novel explanation for the relationship: People tend to cooperate if they expect others to be cooperating, which implies that people holding generalized social trust more readily cooperate in large-N dilemmas because they expect that most people will cooperate. The paper tests the explanation in a rigorous design. The analyses show a positive, robust effect of generalized social trust on public good provision, but no effect is found in a joint product situation. This supports the hypothesis, indicating that trust specifically enhances cooperation in collective action dilemmas.
 
Subject Agricultural Sciences
Social Sciences
 
Contributor Sønderskov, Kim